οἷος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

οἷοςAeol.οἶοςᾱIon.ηονrelatv.adjreltd. ὅς1of a person, in terms of character or behaviourof which sort or naturesuch as, as, likeHom.πρὸς ἄνδρας τολμηρούς, οἵους καὶ Ἀθηναίουςto daring men such as the AtheniansTh. of a thingof which sort, quality or conditionsuch as, as, likeHom. οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἴς ἔσθ’ οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσινmy strength is not what it used to be in my supple limbsIl.w.superlatv.ὁρῶντες τὰ πράγματα οὐχ οἷα βέλτιστα ἐν τῇ πόλει ὄνταseeing that affairs in the city are not the same as the very best possibleLys.of a person or thing, in exclam., or in indir.exclam. or q.; eulogistic or derog.how great, how strong, how bad, how terribleor sim.Hom.θαύμαζ᾿ Ἀχιλῆα ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τεhe marvelled at Achilles, how tall he was and how nobleIl.οἷον τὸ πῦρhow dreadful the fireA.of a person or thingof such a sort asproper, fit, suitablew.inf.to do sthg.Hom.οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδεινfor it was not the proper time to irrigate the plainX.τοιοῦτος οἷος τῶν ἐμῶνλόγωνμηδενὶ ἄλλῳ πείθεσθαιnot the sort of man to be persuaded by any other of my argumentsPl.esp. w.pcl. τεπερὶ τίνων τῇ πόλει συμβουλεύειν οἷοί τε ἐσόμεθα; on what matters shall we be qualified to give advice to the city?Pl.neut.impers.phr.it is possiblefreq. w.inf. to do sthg.Hdt. οἷονalso pl.οἷαAeol.οἶαneut.adv. and conj in exclam.howHom. οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνταιhow indeed then mortals blame the godsOd.οἷον ἐερσήειςhow freshIl. in a comparisonjust as, as, likeHom.σιγαλόεντα, οἷόν τε κρομύοιο λοπὸν κάτα ἰσχαλέοιοshining, as the sheen on the skin of a dried onionOd.parenth.δεῖ τοὺς τοιούτους λόγους αὑτοῦ λέγεσθαι οἷον ὑεῖς γνησίους εἶναιsuch discourses should be spoken of, as it were, as his legitimate childrenPl.w. numeralsapproximately, aboutTh.ἀπὸ τοῦ Δηλίου οἷον δέκα σταδίουςfrom Delium about ten stadesTh.conj., introducing an explanation or reasonsince, seeing that, asHom.ὦ γέρον, οὔ νύ τι σοί γε μέλει κακόν, οἷον ἔθ᾿ εὕδειςold man, no trouble concerns you, since you are still asleepIl.w.ptcpl.οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ γενομένουas trouble occurred unexpectedly in peacetimeTh. conj., introducing an illustration of what has been saidas for instance, as for examplePl.οἷον καὶ Ἡσίοδος περὶ ἁμάξης λέγειas for example Hesiod says about a wagonPl. neg.phr. οὐχ οἷον ... ἀλλά ...not only not ... but ...Arist. Plu. οἵωςadvin exclam.how, in what condition ... !S.

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(such a kind) as; for οἷός τε see οἷος III.2

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